Meanings
- not comparablecomputingThat can be called.
The list of server tasks is a compromise between only one task for all remotely callable subprograms and one task for each remotely callable subprogram.
1989, Angel Alvarez, Ada: The Design Choice1 more example
Historically, all viable frameworks have always provided a mechanism to implement callbacks. C# goes one step further and encapsulates callbacks into callable objects called delegates.
2010, Trey Nash, Accelerated C# 2010, page xxvi - not comparablebusinessThat may be redeemed by its holder before it matures.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesubject to a demand for payment before due date
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gels-
- Proto-Indo-European*golsos
- Proto-Germanic*kalzaz
- Proto-Germanic*kalzōną
- Proto-West Germanic*kalʀōn
- Old Englishceallian
- Old English*callian
- Middle Englishcallen
- Englishcall
- Englishcallable
Cite this entry
callable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callable
“callable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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